Peters



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A. H. JONES.

SHADE RING FOR EXTENSION LAMPS.

No. 249,946. Patented Nov. 22,1881.

fig! UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS H. JONES, OF MEEIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRAD- LEY 8o HUBBARD'MANUFAOTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHADE-RING FOR EXTENSION-LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,946, dated November 22, 1881.

(No model.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS H. Jonas,

ot' Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Shade Rings for Extension- Lamps; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanyin g drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact 0 description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-- Figure l, a plan view; Fig. 2, a side view; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, detached views enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvement in that part of a lamp-fixture commonly called the shade-ringthat is to say, the ring which receives the neck of the shade, and provided with means to secure the said shade to the ring by the neck,with special reference to that class of fixtures in which the shade-ring and the shade it supports are arranged to be moved up and down, commonly called extension -fixtures. Y

z 5 In the usual construction the rings have been made with a flange extending down around the neck of the shade, the said flange drilled and tapped at certain points to receive serews,which were inserted through the flange or projection thereon, to project inward beneath the neck, so as to support the shade. They have also been constructed with 1ugs,to which the chains were attached which supported them from above. These lugs also required to be drilled 3 5 to receive the hooks of the chain.

The object of this invention is to avoid this drilling and tapping of the ring, whereby the cost of the ring is materially reduced, and also to provide the ring with suitable seats for elastic cushions upon which the weight will strike and the invention consists in the construction of ring, as more fully hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the ring, which is of usual outline, provided with a downwardly-projecting flange, a, and also an inwardly projecting flange, b, the space below the flange b and with- .seen in Fig. 5.

in the flange a being the seat for the shade, as seen in Fig. 5, in substantially the usual manner. 0

Instead of drilling the flangea for all the screws or points to support the shade, I form two or more recesses, d, in the flange b, and below those recesses, on the lower edge of the flange a, cast inwardly-projecting lugs e, as seen in Figs. 1 and 5. The recess d in the flange 1) permits the lugs e to be formed on the ring in the process of casting. These lugs receive the flange of the neck of the shade, as

At a point,f, intermediate the two lugs e, I introduce a screw through the flange a, or attach other devices for securing the shade.

This improvement avoids the drilling and tapping of holes in the flange and the use of screws therein, thus saving a considerable expense in the cost of the ring.

Instead of having upwardly-projectin g ears on the flange b to be drilled for the insertion of the chain-hooks, I form on the edge of the flange inwardly-proj eetin g lugs it, having a recess, i, upon their inner ends, and across this recess is abent bar, m, forming a loop, to which the hook is readily attached, and because of the recess 1' in the end of the lug the loop m is readily molded and drawn from the sand, so that'the attachment is formed entirely in the process of casting, and the expense of the usual drilling avoided.

To provide for cushions upon the upper side of the ring on which the weight will strike, I

cast as a part of the flange sockets n, preferably three. These are of cup shape, opening upward, as seen in Fig. 3, so that they are readily shaped in the process of casting without drilling, and into which the india-rubber cushion 1' is readily set and held in place.

I claim- 1. The cast shade-ring A for lamp-fixtures, having downwardlyprojectingflangea and the 0 inwardly-projecting flange b, with recesses 61 in saidflange b, and lugs e integral with the ring, projecting inward from the flange at below the said recesses, substantially as described.

2. The cast shade-ring for extension lampfixtures, consisting of the ring A, the downwardly-projecting flange a, and the inwardlyprojecting flange b, to receive the shade, the

5 said flange I) having inwardly-projecting lugs integral with the ring, with recesses i in the said lugs, and a bar, m, across the recesses, the said bar and recess having a loop or hole for the attachment of the suspending-chains, sub- 10 stantially as described.

3. A cast shade-ring for extension lamp-fixtures, having downwardly-projecting flange a and the inwardly-projecting flange b,with socketsn imojecting' upward from said flange I), substantially as and for the purpose described.

AUGUSTUS H. JONES.

Witnesses F. J. SEIDENSTIOKER, (J. F. LINSLEY. 

